i bet we could do something similar using the boto library on GAE.
On Thursday, May 31, 2012 10:56:47 AM UTC-7, Massimo Di Pierro wrote:
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> Here is an example:
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> easy_install pyfilesystem
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> >>> import fs.s3fs
> >>> myfs = fs.s3fs.S3FS(bucket, prefix, aws_access_ke, aws_secret_key)
> >>> db.define_table('test',Field('file','upload',uploadfs = myfs))
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> Now all your uploaded files will go on S3.
> Here is a list of supported filesystems:
> http://packages.python.org/fs/filesystems.html
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> WARNINGS:
> - needs testing. I have tested with OSFS and I am confident it works
> - I do not think with will work on GAE, should be tested
> - uploadfolder and uploadseparate are ignored when uploadfs is specified
> (this should be changed, any takers?)
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> Should be possible to wrap myfs into an encryption layer but I have not
> done it yet.
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> We may want a more comprehensive strategy and allow every web2py file
> (including apps, sessions, tickets, etc) to go into a pyfilesystem. Is this
> necessary? On linux one can mount filesystems in a folder anyway. Is this
> more trouble than it is worth?
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